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Diminutive and augmentative formation in northern Najdi/Ḥā’ili Arabic

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Abstract

The main goal of this paper is to make known an unusual, if not unique, morphological augmentative found in one variety of northern Najdi (Saudi) Arabic, specifically the Ḥā’ili variety as mainly spoken by members of the Shammar tribe. A brief description of the pattern can be found in Assuwaida (1997). Our paper expands on his original work, illustrating more subpatterns of the augmentative. We conclude by briefly discussing whether the unique Ḥā’ili augmentative is an innovation or a truly archaic feature.

Abstract

The main goal of this paper is to make known an unusual, if not unique, morphological augmentative found in one variety of northern Najdi (Saudi) Arabic, specifically the Ḥā’ili variety as mainly spoken by members of the Shammar tribe. A brief description of the pattern can be found in Assuwaida (1997). Our paper expands on his original work, illustrating more subpatterns of the augmentative. We conclude by briefly discussing whether the unique Ḥā’ili augmentative is an innovation or a truly archaic feature.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Introduction ix
  5. Part I. Phonetics and phonology
  6. Incomplete phonetic neutralization 3
  7. Diminutive formation in a Libyan dialect with some phonological implications 31
  8. Diminutive and augmentative formation in northern Najdi/Ḥā’ili Arabic 51
  9. Post-lexical strata 75
  10. Part II. Sociolinguistics and pragmatics
  11. Destabilizing Arabic diglossia? 105
  12. Dialect contact in the Tunisian diaspora 135
  13. Speaker-oriented attitude datives as authority indexicals 159
  14. Generic expressions in Tunisian Arabic 181
  15. Part III. Language acquisition
  16. Palestinian Arabic dual formation in typically developing heritage speakers of Palestinian Arabic 207
  17. Interactions between temporal acoustics and indexical information in speech rate perception 235
  18. Index 263
Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXXI
This chapter is in the book Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXXI
https://doi.org/10.1075/sal.8.03als

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Introduction ix
  5. Part I. Phonetics and phonology
  6. Incomplete phonetic neutralization 3
  7. Diminutive formation in a Libyan dialect with some phonological implications 31
  8. Diminutive and augmentative formation in northern Najdi/Ḥā’ili Arabic 51
  9. Post-lexical strata 75
  10. Part II. Sociolinguistics and pragmatics
  11. Destabilizing Arabic diglossia? 105
  12. Dialect contact in the Tunisian diaspora 135
  13. Speaker-oriented attitude datives as authority indexicals 159
  14. Generic expressions in Tunisian Arabic 181
  15. Part III. Language acquisition
  16. Palestinian Arabic dual formation in typically developing heritage speakers of Palestinian Arabic 207
  17. Interactions between temporal acoustics and indexical information in speech rate perception 235
  18. Index 263
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